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Now when you have your image chosen, instead of clicking &#8220;Insert into post&#8221; as you would normally, select the option just to the right, &#8220;use as featured image&#8221;. [screenshot below] Voila, now your post will have this image associated with it, whenever a thumbnail is needed. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/graphpaperpress.com\/tips\/how-to-set-a-featured-image\/featured\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2868\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/graphpaperpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/featured.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"featured\" width=\"638\" height=\"590\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2868\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Featured images are an integral part of many themes. Often they can help determine a thumbnail for a featured post, or they can help represent posts that contain embedded video, but no other associated images. 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